WHY NEW JERSEY GOVEROR PHIL MURPHY SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF OFFICE
Once again, we find a progressive socialist democrat governor trying to coerce money out of the federal government to cover decades of political corruption and mismanagement…
New Jersey governor warns key employees could be laid off without more federal funding New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday warned that key employees -- including health care workers, firefighters, police officers and teachers -- could be laid off if the state does not receive additional funding from the federal government.
The dire prediction from Murphy reflects what many governors across the country fear as states grapple with budget shortfalls from the economic calamity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democrat and other governors have called for additional federal assistance while the White House is reluctant to provide additional funds to states. On Friday, Murphy announced the state is estimated to have a revenue loss of $10 billion.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Sunday said in an earlier interview with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" there should be a data analysis on state budget shortfalls and that some state's requests are "radically more money than the expected shortfall for the year." "I thought Kevin (Hassett) was reasonable, but on this one I have to say I'm going to say time out," Murphy told Bash, adding, "We don't need a data crunch."
"We announced a budget on Friday for the next four months and we had to cut or defer over $5 billion of expenditures. And this includes potentially laying off educators, firefighters, police, EMS, health care workers. This is not abstract. This is real. It's not a blue state issue. It's an American issue," Murphy said.
He continued that the last thing New Jersey needs to do is "lay any of those folks off and increase the unemployment rate and underserve our residents."
"So we need it, and it's not just New Jersey, it's not just blue states, it's American states up and down the country," he said. < Source> |
Bottom line…
Quit pandering and start prioritizing. The federal government did not shut down your state or promulgate nonsensical rules you did! No ethical or moral case can be made for taking money out of our pockets and transferring it to politicians who never learn fiscal responsibility.
-- steve
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